Master Economic and Financial Research
No specialisation 2019-20

Year 1
Year	Semester 1	Period 1	EBC4184 Empirical  Econometrics 1	EBC4182 Mathematical Research tools	EBS4032 World of Research
		Period 2	EBC4061 Microeconomics I	EBC4063  Macroeconomics  I
		Period 3	EBS4007 Topics in Computational Econometrics 1
	Semester 2	Period 4	EBC4204 Microeconomics II or Elective 2	EBC4077 Financial Markets and Institutions or Elective 2
		Period 5	EBC4205 Empirical Econometrics 2 or Elective 2	EBC4125 Research strategy or Elective 2
		Period 6	EBS4026 Experimental Economic Methods 1

¹ You should choose either EBS4007 or EBS4026. There are only two viable combinations:
EBS4007 in period 3, no skill in period 6
No skill in period 3, EBS4026 in period 6

² You may substitute up to two courses in P4 and 5 with electives. Electives are provided at the SBE or at selected universities (abroad) and in joint graduate programs we participate in (such as LNMB). Taking courses not offered by SBE requires approval by GSBE and the Board of Examiners.

Year 2
Year	Semester 1	Period 1	Year 2 Elective	Year 2 Elective
		Period 2	Year 2 Elective	Year 2 Elective
		Period 3	EBS4021 Presentation skills
	Semester 2	Period 4	Master's Thesis or Thesis Internship Programme
		Period 5
		Period 6		EBS4024 Writing a Referee Report 3

³ EBS4024 is only available to Research Master students who are missing 2 ECTS or less in their study plan in order to graduate.
Small ECTS deficits may arise if students have taken courses outside UM with different ECTS per course.

Master's Thesis will be registered by the Education and Exams Office once you have completed the MSc Thesis skill